Queen’s birthday honours 2012 full list

Take That star Gary Barlow, actors Kate Winslet and Kenneth Branagh and the designer behind the Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding dress are recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list today.

The list, which sees the re-introduction of the “working-class gong”, showcases the best of British artistic talent, with awards also going to actresses Jenny Agutter and Amanda Redman, and chart-topping choirmaster Gareth Malone.

And as Britain prepares for the Olympics, sporting stars are not forgotten, with golf world number one Luke Donald on the list as well as former Wales rugby international Shane Williams and former England goalkeeper David James.

Mrs Lesley-Anne Alexander, Chief executive, Royal National Institute of Blind People and Chair, Association of chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations. For services to the Voluntary Sector. Middlesex

Michael Alexander Baker, Head of Benefits Centres, Benefits Directorate, Department for Work and Pensions. North Yorkshire

James Mark Bayley, Formerly chief executive, London and Continental Railways Ltd. For services to the Rail Industry. London

Joshua Adam Berger, President and managing director, Warner Bros UK. For services to the Creative Industries. London

Michael Berkeley, Composer and Broadcaster. For services to Music. London

Ms Emma Hill, Creative director, Mulberry. For services to the British Fashion Industry. London

Ms Susan Hill, Author. For services to Literature. Gloucestershire

Professor Mary Longstaff Jacobus, Professor of English and director, Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Cambridge. For services to Literary Scholarship. Overseas

David John Jeans, For services to Life Science, Healthcare and Science. Buckinghamshire

Professor Conor Finbar Duggan, Emeritus Professor of Forensic Mental Health, University of Nottingham and head of Research and Development, Partnerships in Care. For services to Mental Health. Nottinghamshire

The Rt Hon Sir Henry Brooke, President, The Slynn Foundation. For services to justice reform in Albania. James Wyndham John Hughes-Hallett, Chairman, John Swire & Sons Ltd. For services to British business interests in Asia and Australasia.

William Alistair Harrison, CVO Governor of Anguilla.

Anthony John Liddell Nightingale, Formerly managing director, the Jardine Matheson Group, Hong Kong. For services to British business interests in Asia.

Lady Miloska Nott, Charity Trustee. For services to humanitarian work, particularly to Bosnia-Herzegovina. Stanley George Platt, President, ‘Light into Europe’. For services to the visually impaired in Romania.

Mrs Alison Mary Heath, Field Botanist. For services to botany and conservation.

Roger Anthony Frederick Heath, Field Botanist. For services to botany and conservation.

Miss Josephine Ann Hennessy, Assistant Nursing Services manager, Oil Clinic, Tripoli, Libya. For services to nursing and to the community in Tripoli.

Dr Peter Frank Hirst, Executive director, Office of Executive Education, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. For services to the promotion of UK/USA business and academia interests.